Sex-and bone-specific responses in bone structure to exogenous leptin and leptin receptor antagonism in the ovine fetus
Sex-and bone-specific responses in bone structure to exogenous leptin and leptin receptor antagonism in the ovine fetus
Widespread expression of leptin and its receptor in developing cartilage and bone suggests that leptin may regulate bone growth and development in the fetus. Using microcomputed tomography, this study investigated the effects of exogenous leptin and leptin receptor antagonism on aspects of bone structure in the sheep fetus during late gestation. From 125 to 130 days of gestation (term ~145 days), chronically catheterized singleton sheep fetuses were infused intravenously for 5 days with either saline (0.9% saline, n = 13), recombinant ovine leptin at two doses (0.6 mg·kg-1·day-1 LEP1, n = 10 or 1.4 mg·kg-1·day-1 LEP2, n = 7), or recombinant superactive ovine leptin receptor antagonist (4.6 mg·kg-1·day-1 SOLA, n = 6). No significant differences in plasma insulin-like growth factor-I, osteocalcin, calcium, inorganic phosphate, or alkaline phosphatase were observed between treatment groups. Total femur midshaft diameter and metatarsal lumen diameter were narrower in male fetuses treated with exogenous leptin. In a fixed length of femur midshaft, total and bone volumes were reduced by the higher dose of leptin; nonbone space volume was lower in both groups of leptin-treated fetuses. Leptin infusion caused increments in femur porosity and connectivity density, and vertebral trabecular thickness. Leptin receptor antagonism decreased trabecular spacing and increased trabecular number, degree of anisotrophy, and connectivity density in the lumbar vertebrae. The increase in vertebral porosity observed following leptin receptor antagonism was greater in the malecompared with female, fetuses. Therefore, leptin may have a role in the growth and development of the fetal skeleton, dependent on the concentration of leptin, sex of the fetus, and bone type examined.
Femur, Metatarsal, Vertebra
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De Blasio, Miles J.
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June 2018
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De Blasio, Miles J., Lanham, Stuart A., Blache, Dominique, Oreffo, Richard O.C., Fowden, Abigail L. and Forhead, Alison J.
(2018)
Sex-and bone-specific responses in bone structure to exogenous leptin and leptin receptor antagonism in the ovine fetus.
American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 314 (6), .
(doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00351.2017).
Abstract
Widespread expression of leptin and its receptor in developing cartilage and bone suggests that leptin may regulate bone growth and development in the fetus. Using microcomputed tomography, this study investigated the effects of exogenous leptin and leptin receptor antagonism on aspects of bone structure in the sheep fetus during late gestation. From 125 to 130 days of gestation (term ~145 days), chronically catheterized singleton sheep fetuses were infused intravenously for 5 days with either saline (0.9% saline, n = 13), recombinant ovine leptin at two doses (0.6 mg·kg-1·day-1 LEP1, n = 10 or 1.4 mg·kg-1·day-1 LEP2, n = 7), or recombinant superactive ovine leptin receptor antagonist (4.6 mg·kg-1·day-1 SOLA, n = 6). No significant differences in plasma insulin-like growth factor-I, osteocalcin, calcium, inorganic phosphate, or alkaline phosphatase were observed between treatment groups. Total femur midshaft diameter and metatarsal lumen diameter were narrower in male fetuses treated with exogenous leptin. In a fixed length of femur midshaft, total and bone volumes were reduced by the higher dose of leptin; nonbone space volume was lower in both groups of leptin-treated fetuses. Leptin infusion caused increments in femur porosity and connectivity density, and vertebral trabecular thickness. Leptin receptor antagonism decreased trabecular spacing and increased trabecular number, degree of anisotrophy, and connectivity density in the lumbar vertebrae. The increase in vertebral porosity observed following leptin receptor antagonism was greater in the malecompared with female, fetuses. Therefore, leptin may have a role in the growth and development of the fetal skeleton, dependent on the concentration of leptin, sex of the fetus, and bone type examined.
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Accepted/In Press date: 7 February 2018
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Femur, Metatarsal, Vertebra
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